Man&#39;s breast pocket plastic handkerchief



Jan. 15, 1963 WATSON, JR 3,072,917

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ATTORNEY United States Patent Ofifice 3,072,917 Patented Jan. 15, 19633,072,917 MANS BREAST POCKET PLASTIC HANDKERCHIEF Larry Watson, Jr., 18Butler St., Brooklyn 31, NY. Filed Sept. 19, 1960, Ser. No. 56,869 2Claims. (Cl. 2-279) This invention relates to breast pockethandkerchiefs.

As is well known, the folding and positioning of such handkerchiefsoften present problems which are not easy of solution. Thus, suchhandkerchiefs frequently become displaced from their originally intendedposition within the breast pockets of mens jackets, so that they arehidden from view and hence, insofar as they are intended to serve anornamental function, become of no utility. To remedy this difiiculty, itis conventional prac tice to resort to elaborate folding methods inorder to serve as a support for the handkerchief in its intendedposition. Such folding, in combination with the particular style of foldof that portion of the handkerchief intended to be visible, requireunduly complex operations. Moreover, even where the positioning andfolding of conventional handkerchiefs are successful, they rapidlyattract a great variety of dust and dirt particles so that they losetheir original whiteness and must be replaced. The present inventionovercomes these difficulties.

Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide an improvedmans breast pocket handkerchief which may be folded in its intendedposition with a minimum of skill.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handkerchief ofthe character indicated which may be easily positioned within the breastpocket of a conven-, tional mans jacket.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a handkerchief ofthe character indicated which is resistant to the accumulation of dirtand dust particles thereon.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a handkerchiefof the character indicated which may be easily cleaned in the event thatit becomes dirty.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a handkerchiefof the character indicated which is adjustable within the breast pocketof a mans jacket so as to be supportable in a plurality of elevatedpositions.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide ahandkerchief of the character indicated which may be economicallymanufactured and which is simple in structural design.

Other and further objects of the present invention will become apparentfrom the following description as read in connection with theaccompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a front elevational view of one embodiment of the presentinvention disposed within the breast pocket of a conventional man'sjacket;

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of one member employed in the aforesaidembodiment of the invention;

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of said embodiment of the invention,wherein the member depicted in FIGURE 2 is shown in a folded positionand provided with means for maintaining said folded position, saidFIGURE 3 also depicting means for elevating the said member, saidelevating means being illustrated in frontward relation to said member;

FIGURE 4 is a cross-sectional elevation taken about the line 44 ofFIGURE 3 and looking in the direction of the arrows disposed in thevicinity of the ends of said line 44;

FIGURE 5 is a cross-sectional view taken about the line 5-5 of FIGURE 3and looking in the direction of the arrows disposed in the vicinity ofthe ends of said line 5-5.

As shown in the drawing, one embodiment of the invention may be employedwithin the breast pocket 10 of a conventional jacket, generallydesignated by the numeral 11. The said embodiment of the invention,generally designated by the numeral 12, comprises a foldable member 13which is preferably composed of a thin sheet of plastic embossed with animitation cotton or linen finish, preferably of plastic construction andin simulation of a conventional handkerchief. One marginal perimetralportion 13a of said linen finish is provided with a hem, also insimulation of the hem of a conventional handkerchief. The said sheet isfolded upon itself, as at 14, so as to form a member of double thicknessand is then again folded upon itself, as at 15 and 16, so as to form amem ber having four thicknesses of said sheet material, therebysimulating a customary folding frequently encountered in conventionalhandkerchiefs.

When folded as aforesaid, the sheet will assume the position depicted inFIGURE 3 and will present the appearance of a conventional handkerchief.To maintain said folded position, the sheet is provided with a pluralityof apertures 13b receiving eyelets 17, which, as shown in FIGURE 4, areflanged against the frontward and rearward external peripheries of saidfolded member. The eyelets are preferably aligned in vertical columns,as depicted in FIGURES 3 and 4, and removably receive a plurality ofprojecting members 18 which depend from a pair of planar elements 19.Said projecting elements are provided with bulbous terminations 20 whichmay be snapped into assembled position with said eyelets. It will benoted that the said terminations may be composed of a yieldableresilient plastic material, to facilitate the entry thereof within saideyelets and withdrawal of said terminations therefrom. The position ofthe abovedescribed form of the invention within the breast pocket may beadjusted, as desired by the user, by varying the particular projectionswhich are received within the eyelets 17.

Since the surface of the above-described device presents a relativelysmooth finish, such as is commonly encountered in conventional plasticmaterials, it will not attract dirt and dust as rapidly as the cloth ofconventional handkerchiefs. Moreover, even when such plastic surfacedoes acquire dirt and dust, it may be quickly cleaned as by wiping oreven by suitable Washing Without the necessity of unfolding the sheet 13or otherwise disturbing its assembled position. Furthermore, it can bequickly dried and replaced for operative use in the aforesaid breastpocket.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated and described hereinabovehas been selected for the purpose of clearly setting forth theprinciples involved. It will be apparent, however, that the presentinvention is susceptible to being modified in respect to details ofconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts which may be resortedto without departure from the spirit and scope of the invention asclaimed.

I claim:

1. An improved handkerchief comprising in combination, a flexibleplastic sheet disposed in a plurality of folds and provided with asurface finish simulative of a textile fabric material, said folds beingmaintained by a plurality of columns of vertically aligned eyeletsreceived within apertures formed in said plastic sheet, each of saideyelets including a pair of flanges abutting upon the frontward andrearward external peripheries of the plastic sheet when it is disposedin its said plurality of folds, a pair of planar elements disposedexternally of said folded plastic sheet and provided with projectingmembers for engagement With said eyelets, each of said projectingmembers being characterized by a bulbous termination composed of aresilient plastic material, the said planar elements being disposable invertical supporting contact with the interior surface of the breastpocket of ajacket.

2'. A handkerchief comprising a flexible folded sheet material member,two laterally spaced vertical rows of eyelets provided in the foldedportions of said member and retaining the latter in folded condition,each of said eyelets having enlarged heads at the opposite ends thereofoverlying the adjacent surface portion of said member, and a pair ofelongated members each provided with a vertical row of projections forselective engagement with the eyelets in one of said rows.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,851,693 G'O'ttlie'b' Sept. 16, 1958 2,966,685 Kausiiicka Jan. 3, 19612,968,045 Johnson Jan. 17, 1961 FOREIGN PATENTS 11,644 Great Britain .iMay 19, 1913

1. AN IMPROVED HANDKERCHIEF COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A FLEXIBLEPLASTIC SHEET DISPOSED IN A PLURALITY OF FOLDS AND PROVIDED WITH ASURFACE FINISH SIMULATIVE OF A TEXTILE FABRIC MATERIAL, SAID FOLDS BEINGMAINTAINED BY A PLURALITY OF COLUMNS OF VERTICALLY ALIGNED EYELETSRECEIVED WITHIN APERTURES FORMED IN SAID PLASTIC SHEET, EACH OF SAIDEYELETS INCLUDING A PAIR OF FLANGES ABUTTING UPON THE FRONTWARD ANDREARWARD EXTERNAL PERIPHERIES OF THE PLASTIC SHEET WHEN IT IS DISPOSEDIN ITS SAID PLURALITY OF FOLDS, A PAIR OF PLANAR ELEMENTS DISPOSEDEXTERNALLY OF SAID FOLDED PLASTIC SHEET AND PROVIDED WITH PROJECTINGMEMBERS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID EYELETS, EACH OF SAID PROJECTING